11.29.18 Legal Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE
 
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, the Commission hereby gives notice of Powder River Energy Corporation’s (PRECorp or Cooperative) Application for authority to decrease its Cost of Power Adjustment by $9,721,331 per annum, effective January 1, 2019, to reflect a change in the average wholesale power costs.  
PRECorp is a non-profit cooperative public utility as defined in Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-101(a)(vi)(C), subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant to Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-112.
On November 1, 2018, PRECorp submitted its Application seeking Commission approval to decrease its total Cost of Power Adjustment (COPA) by $9,721,331, effective January 1, 2019, pursuant to Commission Rule Chapter 3, Section 26, and in accordance with the COPA procedures set forth in the Cooperative’s Billing Adjustments Tariff.  The COPA is a mechanism by which the Cooperative recovers and/or returns changes in its’ wholesale power cost relative to the amount of power cost embedded in base retail rates. The proposed COPA factors in this Application reflect the projected cost of power for January through December 2019 using projected billing units for the period and the applicable wholesale rates from the Cooperative’s wholesale supplier, effective January 1, 2019. Additionally, the proposed COPA factors reflect the reconciliation of the COPA revenue for the months of October 2017 through September 2018, and the accrual of interest on any over-recovered balances during the true-up period.
The COPA factors proposed in this application and the resulting change in revenue are listed below:
This is not a complete description of the Application.  PRECorp’s Application is on file at the Cooperative’s business office located in Sundance, Wyoming and at the Commission’s offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, located at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Application is available for inspection by any interested person during regular business hours or online at: http://psc.state.wy.us/. 
Anyone desiring to file a statement, public comment, protest, intervention petition, or request for a public hearing in this matter must file in writing with the Commission on or before December 14, 2018.  A proposed intervention or request for hearing must set forth the grounds under which they are made and the position and interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.  Please mention Docket No. 10014-193-CP-18 (Record No. 15129) in your communications.
If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing that you will attend, or if you wish to file a statement, public comment, or protest, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements.  Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711.  
Dated: November 19, 2018
 
(Publish November 22 and 29, 2018)